Posts Tagged ‘Spain’

The Cordobès Hat is a round, stiff felt hat which hails from the Cordoba in Spain. While originally it was popularised by workers for the shade provided by its stiff wide brim, it has very much infused itself into the traditional culture of Spain. Today it is an icon in many great Spanish Artforms – [...]

Visit Edie Hats and you will find, tucked in among the hats and gloves, draped here and there, a gorgeous selection of silk hand-embroidered shawls from Spain. This is evidence of Edie’s passion for flamenco, and she has been importing these beautiful Mantons de Manila for many years directly from Seville.

The Cordobés Hat is traditionally made in Córdoba, Spain. It has been worn throughout the southern province of Andalucía since the seventeenth century. In Andalucía it is known simply as the wide brimmed hat.  It is made of wool, with a wide flat brim, and a low cylindrical crown. While there is no standard measurements, [...]

Having earlier exhausted my trusty male assistant at the Paris Flea Market, (he not possessing the killer instinct or endurance needed for shoe shopping). I like a lioness on the plains of Africa set out to hunt. I ventured out alone as I did not have any women companions, nor gay compadres to continue this ritual, in the Mecca  of  one of the [...]